Electrical Burn of the Brain

Abstract

Contact with a high-tension line cauterized an area approx. 3.5 by 3.5 cm. in dura and (right frontoparie-tal) cerebrum, to undetd. depth, causing complete paralysis of the left arm and partial paralysis of the left face and leg, with defect in the left homonymous visual field. The men-ingocortical scar was not interfered with. The hemiparesis cleared in about 3 wks.